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In a recent paper, Tilma, Everitt {\it et al.} derived a generalized Wigner function that can characterize both the discrete and continuous variable states, i.e., hybrid states. As such, one can expect that the negativity of the generalized…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-19 Ievgen I. Arkhipov , Artur Barasiński , Jiří Svozilík

We consider in what sense quantum tunnelling is associated with non-classical probabilistic behaviour. We use the Wigner function quasi-probability description of quantum states. We give a definition of tunnelling that allows us to say…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-04 Yin Long Lin , Oscar C. O. Dahlsten

We describe a universal scheme of quantum computation by state injection on rebits (states with real density matrices). For this scheme, we establish contextuality and Wigner function negativity as computational resources, extending results…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Nicolas Delfosse , Philippe Allard Guerin , Jacob Bian , Robert Raussendorf

A standard method to obtain information on a quantum state is to measure marginal distributions along many different axes in phase space, which forms a basis of quantum state tomography. We theoretically propose and experimentally…

We present further progress, in the form of analytical results, on the Wigner entropy conjecture set forth in https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.104.042211 and https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1751-8121/aa852f/meta. Said…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-06 Qipeng Qian , Christos N. Gagatsos

The negativity of the Wigner function is discussed as a measure of the non classicality and the quantum interference pattern obtained therein as a possible measure of the entanglement between the two modes of the vortex states. This measure…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-06-05 Anindya Banerji , Ravindra P. Singh , Abir Bandyopadhyay

Contextuality and negativity of the Wigner function are two notions of non-classicality for quantum systems. Howard, Wallman, Veitch and Emerson proved recently that these two notions coincide for qudits in odd prime dimension. This…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-15 Nicolas Delfosse , Cihan Okay , Juan Bermejo-Vega , Dan E. Browne , Robert Raussendorf

A unification of the set of quasiprobability representations using the mathematical theory of frames was recently developed for quantum systems with finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces, in which it was proven that such representations require…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-10-18 Christopher Ferrie , Ryan Morris , Joseph Emerson

We describe a scheme of quantum computation with magic states on qubits for which contextuality is a necessary resource possessed by the magic states. More generally, we establish contextuality as a necessary resource for all schemes of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-27 Robert Raussendorf , Dan E. Browne , Nicolas Delfosse , Cihan Okay , Juan Bermejo-Vega

A central problem in quantum information is to determine the minimal physical resources that are required for quantum computational speedup and, in particular, for fault-tolerant quantum computation. We establish a remarkable connection…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-11-30 Victor Veitch , Christopher Ferrie , David Gross , Joseph Emerson

Nonlocality is an essential concept that distinguishes quantum from classical models and has been extensively studied in systems of qubits. For higher-dimensional systems, certain results for their two-level counterpart, like Bell…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-25 Uta Isabella Meyer , Ivan Šupić , Damian Markham , Frédéric Grosshans

Quasiprobability representations, such as the Wigner function, play an important role in various research areas. The inevitable appearance of negativity in such representations is often regarded as a signature of nonclassicality, which has…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-21 Huangjun Zhu

We establish a method of directly measuring and estimating non-classicality - operationally defined in terms of the distinguishability of a given state from one with a positive Wigner function. It allows to certify non-classicality, based…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-05-03 A. Mari , K. Kieling , B. Melholt Nielsen , E. S. Polzik , J. Eisert

Quantum steering, measurement incompatibility, and instrument incompatibility have recently been recognized as unified manifestations of quantum incompatibility. Building on this perspective, we develop a general framework for constructing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-06 Kuan-Yi Lee , Jhen-Dong Lin , Adam Miranowicz , Yueh-Nan Chen

We introduce a family of criteria to detect quantum non-Gaussian states of a harmonic oscillator, that is, quantum states that can not be expressed as a convex mixture of Gaussian states. In particular we prove that, for convex mixtures of…

It is common knowledge that the Wigner function of a quantum state may admit negative values, so that it cannot be viewed as a genuine probability density. Here, we examine the difficulty in finding an entropy-like functional in phase space…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-27 Nicolas J. Cerf , Anaelle Hertz , Zacharie Van Herstraeten

The central aim of the thesis is to examine how non-classical resources in finite-dimensional quantum systems can be identified, characterized, and protected for practical use in the presence of realistic noise. Using the discrete Wigner…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-29 Jai Lalita

In this manuscript, the behavior of the Wigner function of accelerated and non-accelerated two qubit system passing through different noisy channels is discussed. The decoherence of the initial quantum correlation due to the noisy channels…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-03-25 M. Y. Abd-Rabbou , N. Metwally , M. M. A. Ahmed , A. -S. F. Obada

Given a choice of an ordered, orthonormal basis for a $D$-dimensional Hilbert space, one can define a discrete version of the Wigner function -- a quasi-probability distribution which represents any quantum state as a real, normalized…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-18 Ritam Basu , Pratyusha Chowdhury , Anirban Ganguly , Souparna Nath , Onkar Parrikar , Suprakash Paul

Estimating the fidelity between a desired target quantum state and an actual prepared state is essential for assessing the success of experiments. For pure target states, we use functional representations that can be measured directly and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-09 Omar Fawzi , Aadil Oufkir , Robert Salzmann